E-UI Product Delete

Description

E-UI Product Delete is a Store Utility module that allows you to mass delete all of the Products in the Store database. You also have the option of deleting all of the Categories.

Miva Merchant allows a store administrator to delete products individually. This can be a tedious and time consuming process if there are many products to delete.

If you need to periodically remove all products so that they can be re-imported from an external database, then E-UI Product Delete will save time by allowing you to quickly delete the products currently in the Store database.

Installation

E-UI Product Delete is a Merchant Store Utility Module so it must be installed to each Store that will be utilizing it. Each Store will need its own, separate License.

Before a Store can utilize E-UI Product Delete, it must be installed as a Domain (Mall) Module. The eui-proddel.mv file needs to be placed inside the modules/util directory, which can be accomplished via FTP or by using the Merchant Administration program.

The above diagram shows where the module needs to be placed. It should be noted that the UTIL Directory may not exist. If your particular installation of Merchant does not include this directory, under the MODULES Directory, then you must create it.

FTP Install Method

1. Log on to your Web Site via FTP and upload the eui-proddel.mv file to your Merchant2/modules/util directory. Remember that if the UTIL Directory does not already exist, you must create it.
2. Close your FTP program and Log on to your Merchant Administration program with your Web Browser.
3. In Merchant Administration, click on the Arrow next to Modules to expand the Modules section. Click on the Add Module link to Add E-UI Product Delete to the list of available modules.
4. On the Add Module screen, enter modules/util/eui-proddel.mv and then click the Add Button:

5. Click on the Arrow next to Stores to expand the Stores category. Click on the Arrow next to the Store that will be utilizing E-UI Product Delete. This will expand the Store categories so that you may install E-UI Product Delete for that particular Store.
6. Click on the Utilities link (not the Arrow next to it but the word Utilities). Select E-UI Product Delete from the next screen and then click the Update Button:

7. E-UI Product Delete has now been installed as a Master Module for the Domain (Mall) and as a Store Utility. Please see the Operation section for detailed instructions on using E-UI Product Delete.

Administration Install Method

1. Log on to your Merchant Administration program with your Web Browser.
2. In Merchant Administration, click on the Arrow next to Modules to expand the Modules section. Click on the Add Module link to Add E-UI Product Delete to the list of available modules.
3. On the Add Module screen, click the Upload Button . In the Upload File Window, click the Browse Button and locate the eui-proddel.mv file on your local computer. Check the Overwrite box and then click the Upload Button.

4. After the file is uploaded, your Add Module screen should look like this:

5. Click on the Add Button to add E-UI Product Delete as a Master Module for the Domain (Mall).
6. Click on the Arrow next to Stores to expand the Stores category. Click on the Arrow next to the Store that will be utilizing E-UI Product Delete. This will expand the Store categories so that you may install E-UI Product Delete for that particular Store.
7. Click on the Utilities link (not the Arrow next to it but the word Utilities). Select E-UI Product Delete from the next screen and then click the Update Button:

8. E-UI Product Delete has now been installed as a Master Module for the Domain (Mall) and as a Store Utility. Please see the Operation section for detailed instructions on using E-UI Product Delete.

Operation

To use E-UI Product Delete, simply click on the link underneath the Utilities section of your store. This is similar to what you would do if you were to Pack your store files, Import/Export data, or Delete Expired Shopping Baskets.

E-UI Product Delete will first ask you what you want to do:

Delete Products
Delete Categories

or both.

After making a selection, the program will then check to make sure there are no Open Orders. If there are, it will not continue. Open Orders need to be processed before Mass Deleting products, as a safeguard for the Store Owner. If a product is deleted before an order that utilizes that product has been processed, then it will be impossible to tell what exact product a customer actually purchased.

If there are no Open Orders, the program will then ask for Confirmation. Since this is an un-doable event (records will be deleted), the program needs to make sure that the Store Administrator knows exactly what is about to occur.

After the confirmation, the program will then delete all Products and/or Categories and will display a screen showing how many products and categories were deleted.

The final admonishment is to PACK the Store files. This is an important step because the records were not actually deleted, they were simply flagged for deletion and it takes a PACK of the Store data files to actually remove the deleted records.

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